Not offered in 1996. 16.7 Special Requirement: This subject is available only to students who have access to adult classes. First semester. Twelve 3-hour lecture/seminars. On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• describe the Victorian Technical and Further Education system and the concepts and issues important to the education of adults within it;
• describe the characteristics of the adult population catered for by the Technical and Further Education system for both formal and informal learning outcomes and environments;
• understand the principles and practices of adult education and compare these with practices within the Technical and Further Education system;
• analyse critically their own learning patterns as adult learners, and examine the implications for their own teaching; and
• experiment with, analyse and evaluate a variety of teaching approaches with respect to learning outcomes.

The role of TAFE in post-secondary education; characteristics, needs and motivations of the adult learner; adult learning patterns; principles and practices in adult education. A minor assignment of 1,500 words (30 per cent); a major assignment of 3,000 words (70 per cent).